xviii, 564 pages : 25 cm

A history of the committee from its origins in the Palmer Raids of the 1920's, through the rise of Communist and Fascist groups in the 1930's, culminating in the McCarthyism of the 1950's, and continuing into the investigations of civil rights and peace organizations of the 1960's. Includes photos of major figures

Includes bibliographical references (549-550)

Dickstein's monster -- 1938: The Dies committee -- 1939: Disarray on the left -- 1940: Popularity and power -- 1941-1944: End of the tether -- 1945-1946: Rankin's coup -- 1947: The Thomas committee -- 1948: Vintage year -- 1949-1950: In contempt -- 1951-1952: Many are called -- 1953-1954: The Velde capers -- The fifth amendment -- 1955-1956: The Walter committee -- 1957-1960: Operation abolition -- 1961-1966: The lean years -- 1967...: Un-American?

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